Where was the assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, James Earl Ray arrested?

The assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, James Earl Ray, was arrested by Scotland Yard detectives at a London airport on June 8, 1968.

Ray had shot King on April 4, 1968.

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Why did Rosa Parks refuse to move from her seat in the white section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama? Rosa Parks refuse to move from her seat in the white section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama because of a combination of fatigue and principle. "I was quite tired after spending a…
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How many times did Jesse Jackson run for the U.S. presidency? The first black candidate to launch a major presidential campaign, Jesse Jackson ran twice for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidency, in 1984 and 1988.
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What did the “N” in SNCC stand for? The "N" in SNCC stood for "nonviolent" when the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was founded in April 1960 by sit-in veterans who wanted to step up the pace of nonviolent direct action for…

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